Method of forming ornamental package bows



Aug. 7, 1951 M. L. GATES METHOD OF F ORMING ORNAMENTAL PACKAGE BOWS Filed April 4, 1949 INVENTOR. MARY L. GATEs,

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 7, 1 951 PACKA GE BOWS Mary L. Gates, Uleta ila. Application April 4, 1949, serial No. 85332 (01. in-1o) 1 Glaim; 1

This invention relates to an improvement in ornamental package decorations and the manner of forming thereof.

It is an object of the present invention to pro* vide a package ornament capable or being formed in a plurality of designs, such as flowers, including a water -lily, a vinoinsettia and a pine tree, as examples of a few novel designs adapted to be created by a novel and ingenious twisting and turning of a ribbon 'or a combination of a ribbon of silk and a ribbon of metallic silver, gold or the like.

An important object of the invention resides in the novel manner in which a ribbon is turned and twisted about the fingers of an operator to form cones that will maintain their shapa while a continuous forming of the cones maybe bunched or arranged about a common center to provide the ornamental eflect desired.

A further object of the invention resides" in the formation of an ornament without the aid of mechanical means, is relatively cheap to manufeature, and presents an outstanding ornament for decorative purposes as an added gift wrapping, may be formed integral with a continuous strip of material to be passed about the package or, may be preformed to be attached to the package wrapping when desired.

other important objects and advantages oi the invention will readily present themselves durthe course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein: V

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the first step in the production of the ornament,

Figure 2 is a view illustrating the second step in forming,

Figure 3 is a view illustrating the third step in forming,

Figure 4 is a view illustrating the fourth step in forming,

Figure 5 is a view illustrating the fifth step in forming,

Figure 6 is a view illustrating the sixth step in forming.

Figure 7 is a view illustrating the seventh step in forming and,

Figure 8 is a plan view of a completed ornament.

Like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, wherein is illustrated the several steps in forming the ornament and which will be described in the order of forming, the

ornament, the shiny side is always turned up to view; The ribbon is unwound from a roll, out

on the desired length and then straightened by hand to prevent curling. With the shiny side of the ribbon up, it is taken in the left hand and one end is pinched between thethumb and second flngenas at 6, with the thumb on the top of the: ribbon bunch. The index or forefinger is pointed outwardly, as in Figures 1 to 3, at an angle of approximately sixty degreesfrom the thumb and forearm, which is held at an angle of approxi mately degrees from the body of the operator. With the right hand thumb and forefinger, and supported by the right hand second finger, the ribbon is passed over the left hand forefinger, as: at 1 in Figure l and the ribbon iswrapped from right to left across the tip of the left forefinger, as in Figures 2 and 3 and the ribbon is turned or twisted in this direction completely around, forming a ribbon cone 8 on thepoint of the left forefinger;

With the right thumb and forefinger, the ribhon is continued downwardly toward and under the left thumb, pinched the full width of the, ribbon underneath the left thumb and beneath the initial pinching 8. Figure 3 illustrates the" beginning of the second pinching of the ribbon, with Figure 4 illustrating the complete pinching and the removal of the cone 8. from the left lore-w finger, to form one complete element of the ornament. As the ribbon is pinched between the thumb of the left hand for the second time, it is twisted to the right or from right to left one-half turn until the shiny side of the ribbon is again up. The ribbon is thus supported with the shiny side up by the little finger of the left hand, preparatory to starting another and oppositely extending cone.

Now, with the right thumb, forefinger and second finger held beneath the ribbon, the ribbon width is grasped at a point which is the same distance below the left thumb as the ribbon cone 1 extends above the left thumb. At this point, the ribbon is turned or twisted from right to left completely around once (one complete circle turn) and continued upward toward and beneath the left thumb and ribbon end, where the width oi ribbon is pinched and held between the left thumb and second finger, supported by the third finger. The width of the ribbon is twisted at that point from right to left, one half turn until the shiny side is up. While the left fourth, little finger, supports the ribbon from beneath, the

lower ribbon, beneath the left thumb, is pulled downward with the right thumb and forefinger, forming ;a lowerribbon cone, which is then pinched at its tip by-the' right thumb and forefinger.

left forefinger with the right thumb and fore- The formation of the two oppositely extending cones is continued until there are formed an.

indefinite number, preferably odd, of ribbon cones above and below the left thumb, where there are, at that point, twice the indefinite-"number" of widths of ribbon pinched between. the left thumb and second and third fingers. When the finger, supporting the twisted ribbon to maintain a desired side upward by the little finger of the left hand, grasping the ribbon at a point distance the ribbon cone extends above the left a thumb with the right thumb, forefinger and beneath the left thumb a distance equal to the second finger held beneath the ribbon the ribrequired number of cones have been formed, the

pinched widths of ribbon are then tied very tightly with a string or other ribbon, by which the designed ornamentis attached to the package. After the pinched widths of ribbon have been tied, the several cone extensions are spread in circular form about thetied portion to form a desired floral or other design, such as that iilustrated in Figure 8.

. While ornament just described has been formed from a single strip'of ribbon, it has been found desirable, in order to vary the appearance of the article, to employ two or more different ribbons, such for instance, as a width of red satin. ribbon and a width of narrow silver or gold metallic ribbon, thus giving an added and highly ornamental appearance. 1 With relatively little practice, an operator may form these ornaments very rapidly, varying the arrangement of cones to form a particular design, such as the water-lily, the pine tree and the poinsettia, with other designs possible to fit the'particular occasion for an ornamented package.

- It is to be understood,.that the invention is not limited to the precise. form shown, but that changes in the shape, size and arrangement of -the cones may be resorted to, as fall within the spirit of the invention or the scope ofthe subjoined claim.v i

. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: .The method of forming an ornamental package ornament from a single strip of ribbon which consists in pinching one end of the ribbon be.- tween the left thumb and second finger, pointing the forefinger at an angle of approximately sixty degrees from the thumb and forearm, then with theright hand thumb and forefinger, supported by the right hand second finger, the

bon isturned or twisted from right to left completely around oncefland continued upward toward and beneath the left thumb and ribbon'end, pinching the full width. of the ribbon between the left thumb and second finger, supported by the third finger, twisting the ribbon at that point one half turn, supporting the ribbon from beneath by the left littlefinger, the lower ribbon beneath the left thumb is pulled downward with the right thumb and forefinger. forming a lower ribbon cone and pinching the said lower cone at its tip by the right thumb and forefinger.

MARY L. GATES.

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